Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera

3.28.2007

part of the landscape of the city

on my ride home from work I snapped a few shots with the camera slung around my neckhere are some shots on the move

went straight homewanted to ride but had a better plan

rode straight home and grabbed my older son dean and the trail-a-bike

had the initial intention of rolling a quick ride with dean then a quick ride with grantbut the loop I had intended upon took longer than I thought

this was the innagural ridedean had not even know that grant and I had bought itthere was some simple first time set upeasy enoughthere were tasks of fetching helmetsandthere were discussions about the multi-tool

the trail-a-bike is a squirelly propositionat high speeds and at lowit is more like pulling a trailer than pulling a trailertook some learning and adjustingfor both me and for dean

went on the bike path down to the monumentsdipped down towards haines pointzipped up to the 14th street bridge insteadcrossed over into virginia on the bike path on the 14th street bridgecrossing back over into dc on the memorial bridge

there was notice of the time and my initial intentionI figured to focus on making this experience count and giving grant the full deal on another day

dean recognized various spots from the not as frequent as they should be rides in the trailer

we passed close by the lincoln then the jefferson memorialthe rowers in the river seemed to be of greater interestthe washington monument was also within viewbut the early bloom of the beautiful trees (magnolia and othe spring blossoming tress) were in the forground and worth witnessing before they passedthe cherry blossoms were not yet in bloomthe tourists were making the loops just the same

the path was crowded and the traffic was bad

we warmed up the the limits and abilities of the trail-a-bike with the cross bike pretty quickending it all thinking that a mountain bike may work better

there is good team workbut wonder if there were a way we could communicate

does someone make an inexpensive headsetsomething better than the costco two way radiobut at more of a happy meal price

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